By Tom Breihan for Pitchfork:
Last month, Jack Rose, experimental guitarist beloved by the avant garde community, died of a heart attack at the young age of 38. Next month, many of Rose's peers will gather in Philadelphia and New York to play memorial shows for the man, and Thrill Jockey will release his latest album, Luck in the Valley.
The Philly memorial show, which will double as a Luck in the Valley release party, will take place February 13 at the Latvian Society of Philadelphia. Pelt, Rose's old band, will perform, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore will take the stage with saxophonist Paul Flaherty and drummer Chris Corsano, and Espers' Meg Baird will play with guitarist Chris Forsyth. The bill also includes the No-Neck Blues Band offshoot D. Charles Speer & the Helix, Michael Chapman, Rose collaborators the Black Twig Pickers, Glenn Jones of Cul du Sac, Byron Coley, Megajam Booze Band, DJ Ian Nagoski, and video clips curated by Tara Young.
The next night, February 14, another Rose memorial show will come to New York's Issue Project Room. This one will be titled "A Valentine for Jack Rose".
Thrill Jockey will release Luck in the Valley on February 23. It'll follow previous Rose albums Dr. Ragtime and Pals and Jack Rose and the Black Twig Pickers as the third entry in Rose's "Ditch Trilogy". According to a press release, "The songs drew heavily on pre-war influences" and were "either written by Rose or were his arrangements of early American classics." Rose recorded the album over a period of nine months. Like all of his albums, it was recorded live. Stream or download the album track "Woodpiles on the Side of the Road" here.
Jack Rose performed at Soundlab twice, on 12/04/06 with Peter Walker; and on 09/29/07 with Glenn Jones. Paul Flaherty and Chris Corsano have played Soundlab a million times. Espers visited on 04/22/06 with Temporary Dream and Tracy Morrow and the Magi Chippie. And Chris Forsythe performed on 04/09/05 in duo with Nate Wooley, and a bunch of times with Peeesseye.
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